rehab
Americannoun
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rehabs
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rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions.
He's been sober since coming out of rehab.
She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
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a rehabilitated building.
adjective
verb (used with object)
noun
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short for rehabilitation
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treatment for drink or drug addiction
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informal short for Rehabilitation Department
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Etymology
Origin of rehab
By shortening
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His “Receding Portrait” takes readers on a fictional trip down the one-way staircase of old age, where a fall leads to hospitalization, hospitalization to rehab, rehab to recovery and recovery to another fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The firm, Stewarts, secured interim payments to fund his vital private rehab and care while negotiations were taking place.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
What happened to your friend is an all-too-common occurrence, and Medicare can foot the cost for necessary inpatient rehab, as long as its eligibility requirements are met.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Bubic made his last rehab appearance for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sunday, so the Dodgers are not expected to activate him off the 60-day injured list right away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
I was walking to school, lost in feeling sorry for myself—my dad was dead, my mom in rehab, my girlfriend missing—when I saw the Bat Lady for the first time.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Housing costs in Maryland and on the East Coast have made Baltimore’s cheap homes far more attractive, giving investors and community developers the demand they need to take on complicated rehabs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Over the course of my training, I’ve learned that evidence-based medical treatments are often not found within rehabs across the country.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
“Samples from small mammals are rolling in now and things at the wildlife rehabs pick up substantially in spring,” he says.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 29, 2024
He is living in Arizona with his family as he recovers and rehabs from elbow surgery.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
I wondered if she was the right person for the job: she seemed awfully enamored of the rehabs that Debra and her crew had performed.
From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
“Medicaid reduced the claim from $260,000 down to $100,000 and then the city of Lynn loaned $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity, which rehabbed the home and gave Gunning a lease,” Ford said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
“We had a vision of how these houses could be rehabbed, and we looked at the price tags, did the math and figured we could make a 30% to 40% return on our investment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Kids scrambled up rehabbed trails, and some danced the schuhplattler, a Bavarian folk dance with lots of foot stomping and thigh and foot slapping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Many of the men being rehabbed by the right, though, don’t meet this standard.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025
“Every summer the other whatnots will be sent away for updating, and the storage areas will be rehabbed in their absence,” the woman said.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
After spending time in Europe rehabbing his hamstring over the summer, Doncic said he’s healthy and ready to go with no restrictions when the Lakers begin training camp Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Carlos Alcaraz will not defend his French Open title because of a wrist injury, while world number seven Taylor Fritz has been resting and rehabbing a long-term knee problem since March.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
For the first time since he signed his $700 million contract with the Dodgers, Ohtani isn’t rehabbing an arm injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
That’s a frightening thing, considering Paramount has already announced plans to continue rehabbing disgraced “Melania” director Brett Ratner’s career with a new “Rush Hour” film.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
It was a temporary gig, and after five months he moved on to rehabbing homes in the city—another temporary job.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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